#5FB9BE#5FB9BE

#5FB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.086 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9BE
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -25.49, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 27.69, 203.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0811 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.086 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3588, 40.8458, 54.9367)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9BE #BE645F

analogous

#5FBE93 #5FB9BE #5F89BE

triadic

#5FB9BE #BE5FB9 #B9BE5F

tetradic

#5FB9BE #935FBE #BE645F #89BE5F

square

#5FB9BE #935FBE #BE645F #89BE5F

split-complementary

#5FB9BE #BE5F89 #BE935F

monochromatic

#2F7074 #419A9F #5FB9BE #8BCCD0 #B6DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5FB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#5FB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9BE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9BE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.086 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ced1',
    500: '#5fb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9be;
$custom-light: #94ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73231,
    "c": 0.08639,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9BE

secondary

#D0ABA9

accent

#5C56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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